Jon Secada
Jon Secada
Jon Secadais a Cuban American singer and songwriter. Secada was born in Havana, Cuba, and raised in Hialeah, Florida. He has won two Grammy Awards and sold 20 million albums since his English-language debut album in 1992. His music fuses funk, soul, pop and Latin percussion. Secada also has worked as a songwriter for Gloria Estefan, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, Mandy Moore and other performers...
NationalityCuban
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth4 October 1962
CountryCuba
prime time
There's something about prime time television and the way the song is going to come off on the air. I'm very concerned, very self-conscious about that.
associated guys met people work
And for me, it's been, not only where I learned, but the people that I met there. Most of the people that I work with are guys that, one way or another, have been associated with the university.
billy covering elton stevie
Oh, yeah, I've always thought of covering some of my influences like Billy Joel, Elton John, Stevie Wonder.
experience good honest known lived music people pop reach
For me, I can only do that from my own experience with people I've known and things that I've lived and experienced. That's what good pop music is all about, pop music that does reach out to people. It's very personalized and very real, honest and sincere.
atmosphere chemistry people recorded work worked
That's where I recorded the first album. All the people I work with are out of Miami. The whole chemistry and atmosphere there has worked for me.
jazz masters bachelors
I have a bachelor's and a master's in jazz.
opportunity college years
Having a college degree gave me the opportunity to be... well-rounded. Also, the people I met at the university, most of them are still my colleagues now. People I've known for years are all in the industry together.
careers music-education backgrounds
And my career, the things that have happened have happened because of my music education background.
feeling felt prepared proved share songs
With this new album, I prepared for it a long time, and I was happy with the songs and the production. I felt that I proved myself with the first album, and with this new album, I just want to share some of my music. And that was always my feeling and my intention.